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Where does “durgan” come from?

durgan (English) comes from Middle English dwerghen, from Middle English dwergh, from Old English dweorg, from Proto-West Germanic dwerg, from Proto-Germanic dwergaz — dwarf.

durgan (English): A dwarf; any undersized creature

Definitions

  1. A dwarf; any undersized creature

Ancestry of “durgan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdwerghen—
2Middle Englishdwerghdwarf
3Old Englishdweorgdwarf
4Proto-West Germanicdwergdwarf
5Proto-Germanicdwergazdwarf
Every word from Proto-Germanic dwergaz →